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Mainstage Variable

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Person answered HH grid questions

Datafiles

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Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	7900	99.71%
Person answered	1	23	0.29%
	Total	7923	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	9459	99.81%
Person answered	1	18	0.19%
	Total	9477	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	7082	99.49%
Person answered	1	36	0.51%
	Total	7118	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	7600	99.55%
Person answered	1	34	0.45%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	8546	99.74%
Person answered	1	22	0.26%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	9529	99.69%
Person answered	1	30	0.31%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	10284	99.79%
Person answered	1	22	0.21%
	Total	10306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	11522	99.77%
Person answered	1	26	0.23%
	Total	11548	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	12516	99.59%
Person answered	1	52	0.41%
	Total	12568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Not available for IEMB	-10	1469	11.29%
Person did not answer	0	11493	88.31%
Person answered	1	53	0.41%
	Total	13015	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	12898	100.0%
	Total	12898	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	14148	100.0%
	Total	14148	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	15522	99.99%
Person answered	1	1	0.01%
	Total	15523	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	17130	99.95%
Person answered	1	8	0.05%
	Total	17138	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	28722	58.74%
Person answered	1	20174	41.26%
	Total	48896	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	39068	70.52%
Person answered	1	16332	29.48%
	Total	55400	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	24854	59.74%
Person answered	1	16747	40.26%
	Total	41601	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	26104	59.9%
Person answered	1	17473	40.1%
	Total	43577	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	28294	60.24%
Person answered	1	18671	39.76%
	Total	46965	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	30318	60.5%
Person answered	1	19795	39.5%
	Total	50113	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	31992	60.71%
Person answered	1	20702	39.29%
	Total	52694	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	34476	60.9%
Person answered	1	22132	39.1%
	Total	56608	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	36697	61.22%
Person answered	1	23244	38.78%
	Total	59941	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8409	12.99%
Person did not answer	0	34196	52.84%
Person answered	1	22107	34.16%
	Total	64712	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	37259	60.57%
Person answered	1	24253	39.43%
	Total	61512	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	39881	60.77%
Person answered	1	25745	39.23%
	Total	65626	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	41740	59.06%
Person answered	1	28931	40.94%
	Total	70671	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Person did not answer	0	45854	59.17%
Person answered	1	31641	40.83%
	Total	77495	100.0%

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